# Accident 20170119001529A: Beech 99A, Billings, MT, January 19, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2017, 10:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N326CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99A (registry code 1154003, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170119001529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM GLENDIVE MT AIRPORT AND THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP. HE NOTICED THAT HE HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. HE WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT GO INTO A DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. HE FLEW THE AIRCAFT TO SIDNEY MT AND HAD GROUND PERSONNEL TO OBSERVE THE LANDING GEAR POSITION AND THEY VERIFIED THAT THE 2 MAIN GEAR WERE DOWN APPEARED DOWN, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS TRAILING IN AN UNSAFE POSITION. HE THEN FLEW TO BILLINGS MONTANA AND DID A FLY OVER AND THE CONTROL TOWER VERIFIED THAT HE HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR. HE THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 28 RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR17LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA056), Jan 19, 2017: Beech 99 (N326CA), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear (MLG) actuator piston rod, which prevented the hydraulic system from producing pressure to control the MLG’s position and led to the right MLG…

## Other reports on N326CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820728035229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820728035229A), Jul 28, 1982: Beech 99A (N326CA), Abilene, TX, Substantial damage. Tires blew out during landing causing pilots to lose directional control.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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